Sailing at night is, in a word, unnerving. But in our case it was necessary, since it was the only way to make it from Sandy Hook NJ to the closest southern harbor at Atlantic City while arriving to dock in daylight hours. We left Sandy Hook at 3 am, with a sliver of a moon (as well as our GPS) to guide us, and counted the minutes until dawn while making time along the Jersey coast, pulling into the Trump Marina and Casino in Atlantic City around 5 pm. I took a quick stroll through the casino, but it wasn’t really my cup of tea, and we elected to have dinner on the boat and leave early the next morning.
After another long sail, we arrived in Cape May NJ yesterday. We have a slip at a great marina right in the harbor (newspaper delivery to our boat and a welcome fruit basket, no less!) Cape May is a charming and historic town with spectacular Victorian seaside architecture. The late October weather continues to amaze us, with record-breaking 90-degree days. Amelia and I visited the county zoo today, and she really enjoyed seeing all of the animals as well as the long walk on land. We plan to stay here another day and then Thursday sail up the Delaware to the C&D canal, weather permitting.
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My comments went to the previous day, the longer ones went into cyber space. Dennis
Well has that fancy new anchor touched bottom yet? Dave, did you shed a tear when sailing past Govornors Island?
Great sailing, Dennis
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